HD 100742 (HIP 56536), a yellow-white main-sequence star in Crater

HD 100742 (HIP 56536) is a yellow-white main-sequence star (spectral type F5/6 V) in the constellation Crater, 185 light years from Earth at magnitude 7.15.

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